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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 25 May 2013

    Is Google Glass Dangerous? Cognitive psychology shows that you can miss what's right in front of your eyes -http://nyti.ms/16eSoiW 

    6:08 AM - 25 May 2013
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      1.  🌍Alice Korngold 🗽‏ @alicekorngold 26 May 2013
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        Is Google Glass Dangerous? Cognitive psych shows Ucan miss what's right in front of your eyes http://nyti.ms/16eSoiW  v @sapinker @mattbish

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      1. Sue Beckingham‏ @suebecks 27 May 2013
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        Is Google Glass dangerous? Cognitive psychology shows you can miss what's right in front of your eyes http://nyti.ms/16eSoiW  via @sapinker

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      1. Dre‏ @MScDre 25 May 2013
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        @sapinker in my co-host on @LondonRealTV I suggest we need sub-conscious interfacing instead of conscious overlayhttp://youtu.be/CBkE69c6z4o?t=40m14s …

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      1. Alfredo Osorio‏ @alf2021 25 May 2013
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        “@sapinker:Is Google Glass Dangerous?Cognitive psychology shows that you can miss what's right in front of your eyes http://nyti.ms/16eSoiW ”

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      1. (((cpltalk)))‏ @cpltalk 26 May 2013
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        @sapinker you might enjoy the following paper linking the perception issue to studying information behavior https://www.researchgate.net/publication/236477317_Characteristics_of_Human_Perception_and_Their_Relevance_When_Studying_Information_Behaviour?ev=prf_pub …

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      1. Doug Million‏ @DouglasMillion 26 May 2013
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        @sapinker The handfuls of existing parodies on the matter tell us this in much funnier fashion.

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      1. slade grantham‏ @SladeGrantham 25 May 2013
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        @sapinker Fuck it Pinker just lodge that shit right in people's visual cortex,,, you know how adaptable we are?

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      1. melissa malzkuhn‏ @mezmalz 25 May 2013
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        @sapinker A thought here- maybe only deaf people w our peripheral vision can handle google glass. Let the world go deaf, then? Ha-ha

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      1. Not Einstein‏ @ness_bill 25 May 2013
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        @sapinker Nothing new about that. People miss what's in front of them already.

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      1. Arjan Beens‏ @arjanbns 25 May 2013
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        @sapinker people walk into lampposts watching mobiles too. #nothingwillchange ;)

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      1. Shop Steward‏ @UpTheWorkers 25 May 2013
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        @sapinker It may have negatives but advancements in technology are like rolling boulders. They stop for nothing.

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      1. Celia Hodent‏Verified account @CeliaHodent 25 May 2013
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        Good read “@sapinker Google Glass: Cognitive psychology shows that you can miss what's right in front of your eyes http://nyti.ms/16eSoiW ”

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      1. Dark Science‏ @tardispda 25 May 2013
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        @sapinker Dunno. I have grown accustomed to reading and writing text while navigating by my peripherals. But maybe im superhuman. O_o

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      1. Anthony Veitch‏ @tonyveitchuk 25 May 2013
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        The naïveté of Google and Glass via @sapinker:http://nyti.ms/16eSoiW 

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      1. Julio Rezende, PhD‏ @JulioFDRezende 25 May 2013
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        “@sapinker: Is #Google Glass Dangerous? #psychology shows that you can miss what's right in front of your eyes -http://nyti.ms/16eSoiW ”

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